Don't worry, 2014 F1 cars may sound better than you thought

Listen to Kimi's Ferrari howl in Jerez.

Ferrari seems to be on the path less taken with its new 2014 Formula 1 car, the F14-T (no relation to the Grumman Tomcat, by the way). To begin with, its proboscis doesn't resemble the nose of an old-world monkey nor the reproductive chapters of an anatomy textbook. It's actually rather handsome, at least by comparison with its peers. More importantly, though, Ferrari's turbo V6 sounds guttural and proper in the video below.

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There are still some robot-vacuum noises coming from the complex arrangement of turbochargers, fans, and KERS apparatus, but underneath it all, there's a baritone grumble of a proper engine. Reasonable people could disagree, but I think it sounds better at these revs than the V8s from last year, which were monotonously shrill. It'll be interesting to hear the F14-T, and its competitors, at full tilt to see if the mid-rev growl holds up closer to the redline.